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McDonald's Dorid

Limacia mcdonaldi

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) lalsmith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 192, February 166, March 173, April 215, May 209, June 153, July 131, August 134, September 170, October 174, November 223, December 172.
United States2,111
California2,111

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNudibranchs · Nudibranchia
FamilyPolyceridae
GenusOrangetip Seaslugs · Limacia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise McDonald's Dorid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.